Resources: Open Access Publications and Publishers

This page features scholarly publications related to Japan that are freely available online, as well as publishers whose catalogues include open-access publications.

ANU Press

ANU Press is an open-access scholarly publisher run out of The Australian National University. All 800-plus titles in its catalogue are freely available online, including several related to Japan.

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ANU Press website

The Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal which has been publishing scholarly analysis on Japan and its surrounding region since 2002.

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The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus website

Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies (EJCJS)

EJCJS is an open-access, interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal which began in 2001, and publishes social sciences and humanities research on contemporary Japan.

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EJCJS website

Melbourne Asia Review

Melbourne Asia Review is an open-access, peer-reviewed online journal which was established in 2020, and is published by The University of Melbourne’s Asia Institute.

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Melbourne Asia Review website

New Voices in Japanese Studies (NVJS)

NVJS is a peer-reviewed, open-access online journal established in 2006 and published by The Japan Foundation, Sydney. NVJS specialises in publishing humanities and social sciences research by emerging scholars with ties to Australia and New Zealand.

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NVJS website

Trans Asian Photography Review (TAP)

TAP is a peer-reviewed, open-access online journal established in 2010 as a platform for English-language writing on contemporary and historical Asian photography by scholars from diverse backgrounds and fields. It is published by Hampshire College in association with Michigan Publishing.

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TAP website

Open-Access Books about Japan [List]

This list is a Google document that was initially compiled by Dr Allison Alexy and Jordan Cleland of the University of Michigan, with further additions crowdsourced from the anglophone academic community via Twitter. The list includes a number of titles by Australian scholars.

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See the list

Michigan Asian Studies Open Access Books Collection

In mid-2020, The University of Michigan Press launched its Michigan Asian Studies Open Access Books Collection, which makes almost 100 books published under the UMP imprint freely available online.

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About the initiative
Collection catalogue